In the Lord of the Flies, the level of maturity that which individuals reach, solemnly relies on the experiences they have encountered and in what ways do they react. Ralph having to lead the group in reasonable thought expresses the maturity that was gained. The impact of killing and the deaths of living creatures resembled the loss of innocence in the novel. The boys having to encounter the deaths of their close friends and having to persevere through those times, signifies the change from their juvenile ways. Due to the isolation the boys were placed in on the island, they gained maturity from having to hold leadership and think for them selves, as well as encounter death.
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As young children it is hard enough to even gather their thoughts to what is going on around them. Let alone foresee plans that will create better living conditions on the island. Characters such as Piggy and Ralph kept level heads to establish brilliant plans to help them to be rescued. For example, the idea of making a signal fire, while still contemplating the idea if they are going to survive, shows the level of maturity they had to obtain. Ralph ignored all of the other activities he could be focusing on, but was insistently focused on the group of boys surviving. He would not have matured in such way, if he had never been placed on the island. Ralph is the leading hand that encouraged the boys to want to be rescued and build the fire. Ralph was not the one who lit the fire that helped them to be rescued, but he was initially the boy who came up with the idea of building a fire to be saved. Also, Ralph and Piggy had immature influences around them that they could let effect their decisions, but Piggy reassured Ralph that they had to persevere and keep providing reasonable ideas to the island. “Suppose I got like the others – not caring. What’ud become of us? Piggy took off his glasses, deeply troubled. “I dunno Ralph, we just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grownups would do” (139). Piggy and Ralph had to be selfless and loss their juvenile ways to help maintain the balance on the island, which demonstrates they maturity the
Ralph having to take charge and put aside his worries and focus …show more content…
As young children it is hard enough to even gather their thoughts to what is going on around them. Let alone foresee plans that will create better living conditions on the island. Characters such as Piggy and Ralph kept level heads to establish brilliant plans to help them to be rescued. For example, the idea of making a signal fire, while still contemplating the idea if they are going to survive, shows the level of maturity they had to obtain. Ralph ignored all of the other activities he could be focusing on, but was insistently focused on the group of boys surviving. He would not have matured in such way, if he had never been placed on the island. Ralph is the leading hand that encouraged the boys to want to be rescued and build the fire. Ralph was not the one who lit the fire that helped them to be rescued, but he was initially the boy who came up with the idea of building a fire to be saved. Also, Ralph and Piggy had immature influences around them that they could let effect their decisions, but Piggy reassured Ralph that they had to persevere and keep providing reasonable ideas to the island. “Suppose I got like the others – not caring. What’ud become of us? Piggy took off his glasses, deeply troubled. “I dunno Ralph, we just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grownups would do” (139). Piggy and Ralph had to be selfless and loss their juvenile ways to help maintain the balance on the island, which demonstrates they maturity the